Greetings to all SHC members,
Our monthly walks for 2007 were conducted on the 2nd Saturday of each month, except February. It has been our pleasure to share some new as well as challenging routes this year. We are delighted that many of you have enjoyed these trails.
As year end draws nearer by the day, let’s culminate this year’s monthly walks with yet another nostaligic walk, a journey through time, perhaps.
Majestic trees are the natural heritage of our Island. They serves as important green landmarks of our Tropical Garden city. Some trees take more than hundreds of years to mature. The world’s largest rainforest is in the Amazon River basin, BUT the oldest rainforests are found in Singapore! and Malaysia.
That’s ,,, our Botanic Gardens! a dynamic and living monument. The Gardens at its present site was founded in 1859. It has come a long way evolving into a leading equatorial botanic garden of 52 hectares. Today, the Gardens, which is more than a hundred-years old is a "star" visitors’ attraction!
It seems like yesterday, our walk at the Singapore Botanic Gardens but, as I scrolled through the past walks, it was rather a long way back…..Sept06. Some had then, requested to take the trail again. Though many months late, here it is, to fulfill certain wish!
Come, Be Enchanted by our Gardens…..’lights off’ at midnight.
Start Time: 4.15pm
Duration: approx 2.5 to 3 hours.
Date: 13 October 2007 (Saturday)
Meeting Point: Botanic Gardens @ Tanglin Gate, one of the major entrance. At the junction of Holland/Napier/Cluny Roads(traffic lights).
Getting there: by Buses via Holland Road: SBS 7, 105, 123, 174 and SMRT 75, 77, 106. Alight at the bus-stop at the after US Embassy (after Tanglin Mall) OR if you are coming from the opposite direction, alight at Gleneagles.
Car Park Facilities: at Singapore Botanic Gardens’ Visitor Centre, Tanglin Gate and Public Parking along Tyersall Avenue. Standard fees apply.
Within the Gardens, there is the Taman Serasi Foodcourt; the Halia Restaurant at the Ginger Garden (was told that it serves good food at a price) or head towards Orchard Road for dinner and to chill out.
Look forward to seeing you at this Last Walk of the Year.
Register here.
Need clarification, drop me an email : chrischan5575@yahoo.com
Till then………Stay cool! Be cool!
Tentative schedule for next walk: 12 January 2008.
You shall hear from us…… Charles Wee, Veronica Wong & Christina Chan.